Andrew Jackson Houston
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Andrew Jackson Houston was an American politician who served briefly as a United States senator in 1941, appointed to temporarily fill the vacancy left by the death of longtime Senator Morris Sheppard
Andrew Jackson Houston Memorial
Houston c. 1910
Sam Houston
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Samuel Houston was an American military general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution in which the Republic of Texas seceded from Mexico. He served as the first and third p
Andrew Jackson Houston
…States senator in 1941, appointed to temporarily fill the vacancy left by the death of longtime Senator Morris Sheppard. He was a son of statesman Sam Houston and his wife Margaret Lea Houston, and was named for his father's mentor Andrew Jackson. Andrew J. Houston was born in Independence, Texas, on June 21…
Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1848–1850
Sam Houston Birthplace Marker in Rockbridge County, Virginia
Painting of Houston from 1836
Detail from Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto by Henry Arthur McArdle